Device for applying travelers on the rings of spinning-frames.



H HEVEY. DEVICE FOR APPLYING TRVELERS 0N THE'RINGS 0F SPINNING FRAMES.

4 APPLICATION FILED JULYZI, 1915.' I 1,189,448. Patented July 4,1916.

Invewloz Gf al '18 AIYIERIVIHN HEVEY 5 f I@ ITI attozmu f I HERMANHEVEY, BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

DEVICE Eon APrLYIN's TEAVELEES 0N THE RINGS or SPINNING-FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 21,1915. Serial No. 41,153.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN HEVEY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Biddeford, in the county of York andState of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Applying Travelers on the Rings of Spinning- Frames, ofwhich 'the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccom panying drawings.

This invention relates to spinning machinery, and particularly to meansfor applying a traveler upon a spinning ring.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of a very simple andeasily operated device for applying travelers'to spinning rings, thedevice including a magazine within which the travelers are normallydisposed, a guide along which the traveler moves, and a plunger whichacts to force the traveler from the device and force thetraveler ontothe spinning ring.

A further object of my invention is to so construct the device that itmay be used to apply-travelers having different widths, and

in this connection to so form the body which receives the traveler fromthe magazine that the slot in which the travelerl is received isadjustable so as to suit different widths of travelers.

A further object is the provision of a magazine so constructed that aplurality of series of travelers are supported within the magazine, anyone of the series being adapted to be brought into alinement with theguide along which the traveler moves in order to be applied,and in thisconnection to provide means for holding the magazine set with any one ofthe series of rings'in alinement with the guide.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which may be operated by simply placing the ring receivingrecess of the body against the ring and forcing inward on a plunger tothereby force a traveler upon the ring.

' Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one section of` my device and showing amagazine in section; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section at right angles tothe plane of. Fig. 1 and looklng upward; Fig. Sis a fragmentaryelevation of one end of the device, the magazineibeing partly brokenaway; Fig. 4 is a` fragmentary -face view of the head andbarrel lookingfrom underneathtoward thering receiving recess; Fig. 5 is a top planview ofthe magazine, the lspindle thereof being in section; Fig. 6 is aperspective detail view of the plunger blade which engages the travelersand forcesV them from the head; Fig. 7 is a View of a fragment of thering upon which the traveler is to b applied, the traveler indottedlines `and the plunger blade.

Patented J 1115T 4, 19,16.

Referring to thesel drawings, it' will be seen that my improved devicecomprises a head which is designated generally 2, this head being madein two longitudinal sections a and b. This head includes the tubularshank 8, the transversely extending barrel y4,and the tangs 5 extending.from the tubularportion of the head. As before stated, the headincluding the barrel, the tubular portion, and the tangs, are made intwo lateral sections connected` to each other by screws.l The barrel,considered as one piece, yis tubular, and intersecting the interior ofthe barrel 'is a slot 6. Formed upon the face of the barrel is a recess'7 which forms a ring seat which also intersects the slot 6. Disposedwithin lone end of the l tubular barrel is a. plunger 8' whose stemisreduced and .screw threaded as at 9. The bore of the barrel is enlargedto receive the head 8of the plunger and then reduced to permit the stem'9 to extend out through the barrel. y ,I

A spring 10 'is disposed vin the bore 11 of the barrel and urges theplunger-outward- Upon 'the screw threaded/projecting end-of the stem 9there is disposed a nut 12 which, when rotated in one direction, acts towithdraw the plunger head l8 against the action ofthe spring 10, butwhich when rotated in the other direction permits the spring to forcethe plunger 8 outward and across the` position. That portion ofthebarrel which Y is formed upon the section b of the head is open at itsextremity and is cut away upon its under side as at 14. Attached to-this portion of the head by means of a bracket piece 15 is a magazinehead 16 which is circular in form and is provided at one point with anapproximately U-shaped slot 17 into which projects one end of anapproximately T-shaped track or guide 18 whose detailed form isillustrated in Fig. 1. As will be seen from this ligure, this track orguide has a relatively, large head 19 having a rounded outer face. Thisguide extends inward from the magazine head and extends intowthe openend of the barrel as at 20. The web of the guide is securely soldered orotherwise connected to the barrel and intersects the ring seat 7, as at21, the guide terminating even with one wall ofl the slot 6.

Detachably mounted uponthe head 16 is a magazine 22 which is disposed atan inclination to the axis of the head, and preferably this magazinecomprises a tubular member having a spider 23 at its lower end, thisspider seating upon a longitudinally extending stem 24 which is screwthreaded at its exterior end. -The magazine is thus detachably androtatably7 mounted upon the head and is held in place upon the head bymeans of a cup 25 which is perforated to engage the stem 24 and fitsover the outer end of the magazine. A nut 26 holds the cap in place. Theinterior of the magazine is formed with a plurality of tracks 27 orguides having the same cross sec` tion as the guide 18 and adapted to bebrought into alinement therewith. Upon these T-shaped guides 27 thetravelers 28 are adapted to be placed. Each of these travelers consistsof a semi-circular portion having inwardly turned extremities v theretoby a slot 35.

as illustrated in Fig. 7. The several guides mayA all contain the samekind of travelers, or the travelers on one guide maybe of a differentwidthv from the travelers on the other guides.

In order to hold the magazine in a rotated position so that one of theguides 27 therein may come in alinement with the guide y18, I preferablymount upon the head the 'bracket member 29 whose end extendsapproximately parallel to the magazine and is provided with a sleeve 30ati-one end through which passes a set screw 32. This set screw isadapted to engage with any one of a plurality of perforations 33 formedupon the magazine. When the set screw is engaged with any one of theperforations, one of the guides 27 will be in exact alinement with theguide 18.

- The portion 3 of the head is bored out as at 34 to form a tubularchamber which terminates short of the barrel but connects Disposedwithin the bore 34 is the stem of a plunger 36 having at its forward enda blade 37 and at its outer end a relatively enlarged portion 38.Surrounding the body of the plunger is a spring 39 which engages againstthe end wall of the bore 34 and which acts to force the plunger outward.By forcing inward l on the plunger, however, the blade is caused toproject through the slot 35 and into the bore in alinement with the slot6. The plunger is shifted outward by means of a handle 40. This handleis recessed on each side, as at 41, and the web forming the bottom ofthese recesses is longitudinally slotted as at 42. The tangs 5 aredisposed within these recesses 41 and a screw 43 passes through thetangs and through the slot 42. It will thus be seen that the handle willhave reciprocation upon the tangs 5 and that when the handle is forcedinward the end of the handle will force the plunger outward, and thatwhen pressure upon the handle is released the spring 39 will .retractthe plunger and force the handle rearward. In practical use thetravelers are threaded as it were upon the guides 27 until the magazineis full. The magazine is then locked by means of the set screw 32 in anydesired position with one of the guides in alinement with the guide 18.If it is then desired to apply a traveler to a spinning ring theimplement is disposed so that the ring will'bear in the seat 7. Thetravelers will of course slide down the guide 18 and be disposed insuccessive order upon the por# tion 21 of the guide.h The first travelerof all will of course slide into the slot 6 and will be removed from theguide. The handle 40 is now forced inward. This will cause the curvedend of the blade 37 to engage the curved portion of the traveler andforce it over the ring as illustrated in Fig. 7. It will be obvious thatthe plunger head 8 forms an adjustable wall to the slot 6 and limits themovement of the traveler away from the extremity of the guide portion 21so that the blade will engage the traveler properly and the travelerwill not turn under the pressure of the blade. By adjust# ing the head 8in the manner heretofore described through the instrumentality of thenuts 12 and 13, travelers of different widths may beapplied and it willbe obvious that travelers of different widths may be placed upon theguides 27 of the magazine and that then by rotating the magazinetravelers of any particular width may be brought into conjunction withthe guide 2l.

Travelers have usually been placed upon the rings of spinning frameswith fingers. The travelers have to be held in the hands and in theoperation as many travelers have dropped upon the floor as have been putupon the rings. With my construction all of the travelers will be placedpositively upon the rings without any waste. A further advantage of myconstruction resides in the fact that it takes from seven to eightminutes to put the travelers upon the rings by hand with a waste offifty per cent. of the travelers. Vith my device, however, it willrequire only one to two minutes and no rings will be wasted. Inasmuch asthe travelers on the spinning ring have to be changed once a Week thereis a gain of from five to six minutes a Week on each frame.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

l. In a device' for applying travelers to spinning rings, a travelerguide, a discharging blade having its edge disposed in a plane justbeyond .the end of the guide, and a member opposed to the guide butspaced therefrom and adjustable toward and from ythe end of the guide.

2. In a device for applying travelers, a traveler guide, areciprocatable blade having a' flat face and a beveled face, the bladehaving its flat face disposed in a plane just beyond the plane of theend of the guide, a member opposed to the guide and movable toward andaway therefrom, .and a spring urging the member toward the end of theguide.

3. A traveler applying implement of the character described comprising amagazine including a head having a tubular barrel formedupon its faceWith a longitudinally extending rin-g seat and With a slot intersectingthe tubular barrel, a guide extending from the magazine into the tubularhead and discharging at the slot, anda plunger.

movable through the barrel and operating Within the slot to force thetravelers therefrom.

4. A traveler applying implement of th characterdescribed comprising amagazine including a head having a tubular barrel formed upon its facewith a longitudinally extending ring seat and With' a slot intersectingthe tubular`barrel,'a guide extending from the magazine into the tubularhead and discharging at the slot, anda plunger movable through thebarrel and operating Within the slot toforce the travelers therefrom,said plunger including a handle reciprocable with relation to the head.

5. A traveler applying implement comprising a head having a tubularbarrel,lthe face ofthe barrel being formed With a ring seat, and therebeing a slot. intersecting the said seat and the bore of the barrel, aplunger operating in said slot and extending Vout from the head, ahandle mounted upon the head for reciprocation and engaging saidplunger, a magazine mounted upon the head and having a dischargeopening, and a track or guide -extending from the dis- -charge openingof the magazine through one end of the tubular head and discharging.

at said slot. l

6. A travelerapplying implement comprisin a magazine, a head having abarrel forme With a ring seat upon its face and l a traveler .dischargeslot intersecting the seat and the bore of the barrel, a memberadjustable longitudinally along the barrel and forming one Wall of theslot, and means for guiding travelers-from the magazine to said slot. l

7. In a traveler applying implement of the character described, a barrelhaving a traveler receiving and discharging slot, one Wall of the slotbeing adjustabletoward the other, and a plunger for forcing` travelersout of said slot.

8. In a traveler applying implement a barrel having a traveler receivingand discharge slot, a discharge'plunger operating through the slot, andan element forming a portion of one Wall of the slo-t and adjustabletoward or from the other Wall thereof.

9. In a traveler applying implement aY barrel having a travelerreceiving and discharging slot, the barrel being tubular and the slotintersecting the bore of the barrel, means disposed Within the barrel onone side of the slot for guiding travelers thereto, a

member disposedin the bore of the barrel on the other side of the slotand adjustable toward or from the side of the slot opposite said member,and a plunger operatingthrough the slot to discharge the travelerstherefrom.

10. In a traveler applying implement a head, a guide mounted upon thehead,.a magazine having a plurality of traveler receiving guides mountedupon the Wall thereof, said magazine being shiftable to bring lbring anyone of said guides into conjunction with the first-named guide. n

12. In a traveler applying implement, a head including a barrel having adischarge slot, a plunger operating throughsa-id slot,

a traveler guide extending from the head and extending into said slot, amagazine head mounted upon the end of said guide and having a dischargeopening partially surrounding the guide, and a magazine rotatably'mounted upon -the magazine head and having a plurality of travelerguides therein, the magazinerbeing rotatable to bring any one of saidguides into conjunction With-the first-named guide, and a c ap azine. v1

13. In a traveler applying implement, a

head including a barrel having a discharge' 'detachably closingthe upperend of the magl slot, a plunger Ioperati/ng through said slot,

a traveler guide eXtending from the head and extending into said slot, amagazine head mounted uponthe end ofsaid guide and having a dischargeopening partially surrounding the guide, and a magazine rotatablymounted upon the magazine head and having a plurality of traveler guidestherein, the magazine being rotatable to zme having upon its walls aplurality of guides any one of which may be brought into register withthe first-named guide upon a proper rotation of the magazinef-and meansfor holding the, magazine set in any rotated position.

15. A device for applying travelers to the rings of spinning framesincluding a barrel adapted to seat against a spinning ring, means forguiding travelers into the barrel, and means for ejecting travelers fromthe barrel.

16. A device for applying travelers to the rings of spinning framesincluding a barrel adapted to seat against a spinning ring, means forguiding travelers into the barrel,

and means for ejecting travelers fromthev barrel, said means including aplunger forming a handle and reciprocable relative to the barrel. l

17. In a device for applying travelers, a supporting guide, and amagazine including a plurality of guides movable into alinement with thesupporting guide.

18. In a device of the character described,

a supporting guide, and a magazine including a plurality of guides, themagazine being movable to bring any one of its guides into alinementwith the supporting guide.

19. In a traveler applying implement, a traveler guide, a magazine headmounted upon the end of the guide and having a discharge openingpartially surrounding the guide, and a magazine rotatably mounted uponthe head and having a plurality of guides therein, the magazine beingrotatable to bring any one of the guides into conjunction with thefirst-named guide.

20. In a traveler applying implement, a member formed to provide a ringengaging seat having a horizontal elongated face and a concavely curvedface intersecting the horizontal face, said member having a slotintersecting both of said faces, means for guiding a traveler into theslot, and means operating through the slot forlforcing the traveler outof the slot and onto the spinning ring.

21. In a traveler applying implement, u.

hollow barrel having a spinning ring seatv formed in its outer face,said seat formed by a horizontal elongated face and a concavely curvedface intersecting the horizontal face, said barrel having a. travelerreceiving'slot intersecting both ofsaid faces, means for supportingtravelers within the barrel and one of said travelers in said slot, anda manually operable blade reciprocative through the barrel and slot forforcing the traveler out of the slot and onto the spinning ring.

22. In a ldevice for applying travelers a traveler guide, an applyingblade movable across the end of the guide, and a yieldable means forsupporting a traveler in position slightly beyond the end of the guideand opposite said blade.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

HERMAN HEVEY. l

Witnesses ROBERT B; SEIDEL, J oHN LEONARD.

